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Nearly Half of Democratic Women Think Clinton Should Have Been Picked
News — ... As Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) prepares to take the stage Tuesday night at the Democratic convention in a show of unity, a new Rasmussen poll shows that nearly half of Democratic women think the best to unify would have been to pick the New York senator as Barack Obama's running mate. 47 percent say Clinton should have gotten the nod over Deleware Sen. Joe Biden (D). Only 35 percent of Democratic men said the same. But a nearly equal overall number reflectects one of the reasons Clinton may not have been reportedly vetted. Heading into her speech, 48 percent of those ...

Unity! Nearly Half of Democrat Women Think Hillary Should Be VP Nominee
JammieWearingFool — These simply are numbers that cannot be ignored . The Democrats have a huge problem on their hands. And it isn't going away. Nearly half of Democratic women (47%) say Barack Obama should have chosen Hillary Clinton for his running mate instead of Senator Joseph Biden as the former First Lady prepares to speak tonight at the Democratic National Convention. Thirty-nine percent (39%) disagree. But a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that a sizable majority (57%) of Democratic women believe that Obama is the Democratic candidate who will do best against John McCain in the November election. Uh, yeah, but what about the other 43%? Only 35% of Democratic men believe Hillary should be on the ticket with Obama while 56% say ...

Circus Week Short Takes: Day 2
Stubborn Facts — We DO haz circus! As the DNC stumbles into Day 2, the circus seems mostly to be about the convention itself, and not so much about the clown parade outside. The protester numbers predicted by such radical organizers as Recreate '68 and Tent State University just don't seem to even remotely match projections, and despite some minor skirmishing the street scene's been fairly sedate, apart from one middlin' anarchist incident. (See Zombie, below.) I attribute the low circus-clown turnout to some impeccable scheduling by the DNC, which put the Denver convention up against Burning Man. Given the choice between "speaking truth to power" and spending time in DENTMO, or getting wasted and cavorting nekkid in ...

John McCain Watch: Kay Bailey Hutchison for Vice President Part Three - The Chatter
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... After Hillary Clinton’s speech last night at the Democrat National Convention and recent polling suggesting female dissatisfaction with Barack Obama’s failure to select Hillary as his running mate have led to ...